August

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1-15 August 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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Post published:September 8, 2022

If you expected a Summer break in the attack trend you will be disappointed. In the first half of August 2022 I have recorded...

August 2021 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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Post published:October 12, 2021

During August 2021, I have collected 170 events that I can finally aggregate into (hopefully useful) statistics. This number represents a 10% decrease in comparison to the

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16-31 August 2021 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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Post published:October 7, 2021

Here we go! The second timeline of August 2021 is out covering the main cyber attacks occurred in the second fortnight of the same month. And it looks like that the end of Summer led...

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1-15 August 2021 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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Post published:September 23, 2021

Let’s analyze the events occurred in the first half of August 2021, a Summer characterized by ransomware that, in this timeline, accounts for...

August 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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After the cyber attacks timelines, it's time to publish the statistics for August. If you believed that the summer could slow down the criminal business, you will be disappointed. In August I have analyzed a total of 197 events, the highest value so far and an increase compared to July (184 events analyzed).

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16-31 August 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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Here's the second timeline of August containing the main cyber attacks that have characterized the end of this troubled Summer. This list is probably the longer I have pulled together so far, containing 108 events (including 10 occurred before August 16th), and confirming the growing trend of ransomware attacks, fueled primarily by a breach suffered by...

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1-15 August 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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Post last modified:October 5, 2020
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It's time to publish the first timeline of August where I have collected 92 events (a light increase compared to July), including 6 that occurred before the analyzed interval. Unsurprisingly ransomware continues to dominate the threat landscape...

August 2019 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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Post last modified:October 7, 2019
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I can finally publish the statistics derived from the cyber attacks timelines of August (Part I and Part II). This month I have collected 160 events, a small decrease in comparison with July when the total was 168 events. The Daily Trend of Events chart shows...

16-31 August 2019 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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Time to publish the second timeline of August, covering the main cyber attacks occurred between the 16th and the 31st. In this period, I have collected a total of...

1-15 August 2019 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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Post last modified:September 19, 2019
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Here’s the first timeline of August, covering the main cyber attacks occurred in the first half of the eighth month of this troubled 2019. Even if we haven’t achieved the same level of July, the temperature of the infosec thermometer continues to be quite high, since in this timeline I have collected...